Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable WANDA ELAINE THOMAS BERNARD
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Issue No. 25
Twenty-second and twenty-third meetings:
Study on the issues relating to the human rights of prisoners in the correctional system
INCLUDING:
THE NINTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Budget for public hearings and fact-finding in Alberta and British Columbia)
WITNESSES
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Regional Ethnocultural Advisory Committee:
Sophia Brown Ramsay, Vice-Chair and Manager, Community Development, Black Community Action Network of Peel.
Black Community Action Network of Peel:
Ambreen Jamil, Intern;
Tamera Boothe, Intern.
Jane-Finch Concerned Citizens Organization and Regional Ethnocultural Advisory Committee:
Winston LaRose, President and Member.
Community Justice Initiatives:
Chris Cowie, Executive Director.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies:
Savannah Gentile, Director, Advocacy and Legal Issues.
As an individual:
Halina (Lin) Haag, PhD Student, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University and Researcher, Acquired Brain Injury Research Lab, University of Toronto.
Community Justice Initiatives:
Julie Thompson, Director, Community Relations.
Mennonite Central Committee Canada:
Rod Friesen, Coordinator, Restorative Justice Program.
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Regional Ethnocultural Advisory Committee:
Theresa Halfkenny, Chair, Atlantic Region for Correctional Services Canada.
As individuals:
Denise Edwards, Former Federal Prisoner (by video conference);
Natalie Charles, Former Federal Prisoner.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Wanda Elaine Thomas Bernard, Chair
The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Jane Cordy, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, Brazeau, Cordy, *Day (or Mercer), *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare), (or Mitchell), Hartling, Martin, Ngo, Pate, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)